| Armor plate that protects the chest | 35 |
| Zeus' shield | 16 |
| Tutelage | 8 |
| Breastplate of classical mythology | 34 |
| Breastplate of Athena | 21 |
| Zeus's shield | 17 |
| Umbrella, in a manner of speaking | 33 |
| Shield of Zeus or Athena | 24 |
| Protecting power | 16 |
| Mythological shield | 19 |
| Mythical shield | 15 |
| Breastplate for Zeus or Athena | 30 |
| Phonics lesson quintet | 22 |
| Vowel sequence | 14 |
| Vowel quintet | 13 |
| Alphabet quintet | 16 |
| Things purchased from Pat Sajak | 31 |
| The vowels | 10 |
| Kindergarten quintet | 20 |
| Five of a kind | 14 |
| Grade school quintet | 20 |
| English quintet | 15 |
| Elementary fivesome | 19 |
| Common quintet | 14 |
| Alphabetical fivesome | 21 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" purchases | 38 |
| Vowel run | 9 |
| Vowel group | 11 |
| Group that sometimes includes Y | 31 |
| Five essential things to become facetious | 41 |
| Facetious, half-serious, abstemious quintet? | 44 |
| Abstemious quintet? | 19 |
| ''Sesame Street'' quintet | 41 |
| You'll find them all in a tennis court | 42 |
| Y's half brothers | 21 |
| Y's associates? | 19 |
| What "buying a vowel" contains, appropriately | 55 |
| Vowels, in alphabetical order | 29 |
| Vowels | 6 |
| Vowel string | 12 |
| Vowel series | 12 |
| Vowel recitation | 16 |
| Vowel recital | 13 |
| The five vowels | 15 |
| Sesame Street quintet | 21 |
| Series of watering troughs? | 27 |
| Sequence with Y, sometimes | 26 |
| Sequence with a Y, sometimes | 28 |
| Sequence found in this puzzle's five longest answers | 56 |
| Second letters of this puzzle's five theme answers (seen in order) | 70 |
| Run with one's mouth open? | 30 |
| Run that sometimes includes Y | 29 |
| Run of vowels | 13 |
| Run in grade school | 19 |
| Quintet before "and sometimes Y" | 42 |
| Purchase options from Pat Sajak | 31 |
| Preceder of "and sometimes Y" | 39 |
| Phonics class quintet | 21 |
| Original set of marshmallows in Marshmallow Alpha-Bits cereal | 61 |
| Open-mouthed quintet | 20 |
| Necessary letters | 17 |
| Linguistics pentad | 18 |
| Linguistic quintet | 18 |
| Letters that must be bought on "Wheel of Fortune" | 59 |
| Letters of a certain class | 26 |
| Letters from grade school | 25 |
| Letters before "and sometimes Y" | 42 |
| Language quintet comprising the only elements in the circled boxes | 66 |
| Half-serious run? | 17 |
| Group with a Y, sometimes | 25 |
| Group to which the Y is often linked? | 37 |
| Group to which "Y" is sometimes added | 47 |
| Group seen in late-night hours? | 31 |
| Group often seen near the Y? | 28 |
| Grammar school sequence | 23 |
| Fundamentals of speech | 22 |
| Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue | 57 |
| Fivesome found in the five Tony winners in this puzzle | 54 |
| Five of twenty-six | 18 |
| Five of a kind, alphabetically | 30 |
| Familiar fivesome | 17 |
| Facetious sequence? | 19 |
| Facetious quintet? | 18 |
| Facetious group? | 16 |
| Facetious fivesome? | 19 |
| Elementary sequence | 19 |
| Elementary school teaching | 26 |
| Elementary school quintet | 25 |
| Elementary quintet | 18 |
| Buyable letters on "Wheel of Fortune" | 47 |
| Bit of kindergarten learning | 28 |
| Basic quintet | 13 |
| Alphabetic device used by Frederick III | 39 |
| Alphabet set | 12 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" quintet | 36 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" purchase options | 45 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" purchase menu | 42 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" buys | 33 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" buying choices | 43 |
| "___ and sometimes Y" | 31 |